Posted on 04/13/2025 7:09:09 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Democrats shouldn’t look for their version of podcaster Joe Rogan and instead should find other meaningful ways to connect with voters.
The former White House official touted his visions for the future of the party’s appeal during a recent appearance on “The Weekly Show with John Stewart.”
“My party’s all up in arms about who’s our Joe Rogan. We’re not going to have a Joe Rogan of the left. That’s not how it works,” he said.
Rogan has developed a platform as a conversationalist and influencer through frequent freeform interviews promoted across social platforms. The former UFC commentator has 19.4 million subscribers on YouTube, 19.8 million followers on Instagram and over 15 million on X.
Many have credited Rogan for helping President Trump reclaim the White House after his interview with the podcaster reached over 30 million in three days.
Former Vice President Harris refused to sit down for an unedited interview with Rogan, instead joining the “Call her Daddy” podcast to connect with younger voters and discuss abortion rights.
Buttigieg said that’s the type of energy Democrats need. He suggested the party ramp up its presence in new media spaces to promote platform messaging and policy points.
“The other big thing that my party is terribly behind on is where we say it. And by this I mean what media spaces we are in,” he said.
The Biden administration official urged party members to reach people who are “not always looking for politics.”
“When I think about a generational project of really transforming the country and transforming the country for the better versus transforming the country into whatever it has been plunged into in the last 100 days, that’s going to require a deeper level of vision and a greater readiness to walk away ruthlessly from what hasn’t worked and to stand up relentlessly for what has worked, even if it’s unpopular,” Buttigieg said.
Howard Stern’s interview with Kamala has 1.6MM views.
“Democrats shouldn’t look for their version of podcaster Joe Rogan and instead should find other meaningful ways to connect with voters”
Their ‘meaningful ways’ of connecting are mighty strange.
I thought the Democrats used “Pride” parades to connect with voters.
Lol.
The way they connect with voters is by publishing lies in the New York Times.
No Worries! They can take whatever is left of the USAID $$$ they stole and resurrect Air America as a podcast. They could even get Weird Al Franken to stage a comeback.
A sodomite speaks, as worthless as: fill in the blank.....
“Their ‘meaningful ways’ of connecting are mighty strange”.
You should check out “This Week in White Supremacy” on FSTV. (free speech tv)!
You beat me too it. I tried to figure out what that last sentence meant.
The best I could come up with was:
We have to figure out ways to fool them (voters) better.
LMAO! Rogan was their Rogan of the left. They pushed him and lots of his listeners right!
I saw a 60 second clip of Bannon on Maher show. He made a ton of sense responding to Maher sidekick bs statement about the economy in 1890. In 1890
Ban on spewed logic and facts and predictions and Maher changed and kept the subject changed to the dire wild so freaking fast it would curl your hair
They cannot handle scrutiny.
Like a vampire facing a crucifix
If I didn’t read it for myself I would of thought AOC said that.
Maybe it’s catching.
The left had the actual Rogan but they drove him away.
Plasitic Boob says what?
Honest conversation is not one of democraps strongpoints.
A three hour serious conversation, or a “comedy” show appearance.
Which is best to ‘connect’ with left-wing voters?
Thinly veiled call for violence and intimidation against the majority, i.e. guerilla warfare. Assassination, destruction of private property, etc.
And now they have only their own hubris to blame.
The funny thing is, the Democrats have moved so far Left they have made Joe Rogan look like a conservative, when he’s just a run-of-the-mill Liberal who they left behind.
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